Reflective Essay On Leadership

The leadership role at a brand new community hospital can be very challenging, and can even require from the best of leaders to reevaluate their leadership styles. In my business ethics class, we learned that a good leader must establish corporate values and promote corporate ethics. They must embrace change, stress accountability, and responsibility. During my internship at the Hillsborough Hospital Campus, I had the privilege to meet and talked to managers from different department of the hospital to learn about their leadership style. Each of the managers I spoke to explained to me why their leadership style work best for them. The three leadership styles that I found to be common among the managers are the concept of empowering in leadership,

Some of the managers felt that a transformational leader is essential to survive in the future because of the rapidly changing complex healthcare environment. Luzinski said, "Transformational leadership is formally defined as a leadership process that is systematic, consisting of purposeful and organized search for changes, systematic analysis, and the capacity to move resources from areas of lesser to greater productivity to bring about a strategic transformation." I think this definition of transformational leadership applies perfectly to the leaders of the new Hillsborough Hospital

Strickler and the managers learning about their leadership style was an extremely important part of my internship. I learned that leadership is less about the leader 's needs, but more about the needs of the people in the organization they are leading. A few of the managers are new to their leadership roles and are developing their leadership styles by learning to adapt to the particular demands and challenges facing the organization. All the managers agree that no matter what style of leadership one chooses, a good leader communicate, influence, and engage their staff. I will use this experience as a guide to help me develop the leadership style that will best fit the organization where I will have the privilege to be a